august 2005 | volume 6 | number 8 THE LATEST&DVD VIDEOPAGE 48 Mark Wahlberg talks FOUR BROTHERS On set with Dukes of Hazzard’s JESSICA SIMPSON Damon & Ledger on BROTHERS GRIMM $3.00 PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 40708019 CAUGHT ON FILM: BRAD PITT, SCARLETT JOHANSSON, TOM HANKS, SHARON STONE, OWEN WILSON •Ad check 5/13/05 12:17 PM Page x2 contents Famous | volume 6 | number 8 24 40 34 FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 24 HAZZARD HOTTIE 06 EDITORIAL 44 STYLE We’re on The Dukes of Hazzard’s Boho luxe: the fine art of looking sweltering set to see how novice 08 SNAPS disheveled actor JESSICA SIMPSON is holding Brad Pitt helps a fallen paparazzo; up under blistering heat and the Woody Harrelson beats the Wilson 48 VIDEO AND DVD pressure of making her first film brothers at croquet Alexander storms your local I BY EARL DITTMAN video store; share an evening with 10 SHORTS Monster-in-Law 30 GRIMM TASK Domino Harvey’s demise; and It took the enthusiasm of gambling on Hollywood romance 50 HOROSCOPE HEATH LEDGER and MATT DAMON Even though it’s your birthday Leo, to help turn The Brothers Grimm 12 SPOTLIGHT you spend the month making others shoot from morbid to magical. The Underclassman’s Sam Easton feel good Here the two leading men talk on the power of positive thinking about surviving the film’s production COVERSTORY problems and cheering up its 14 THE BIG PICTURE director, Terry Gilliam Check out The 40-Year-Old Virgin, 40 RACHEL MCADAMS, FASTEN I BY EARL DITTMAN discover Undiscovered or get into YOUR SEATBELT The Cave She can play the bitch, make you 34 MARKING TIME laugh, break your heart, and with MARK WAHLBERG put his own 19 COMING SOON the arrival of the thriller Red Eye, childhood experiences to good use Contemplating An Unfinished Life she’ll keep you riveted to your seat. in this month’s gritty ’hood drama Canada’s very own RACHEL MCADAMS Four Brothers. Yet the star from the 20 THINGS is being touted as Hollywood’s next other side of the tracks says he’s Your complete Back-to-School Guide huge star, but can the humble contemplating retirement. Why? features fashion, tech, supplies and actor survive the hype? 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Three of the four EDITOR MARNI WEISZ features in this issue focus on movies about I DEPUTY EDITOR INGRID RANDOJA male siblings — Four Brothers, The Brothers CREATIVE DIRECTOR DANIEL CULLEN Grimm and those hootin’ and hollerin’ brothers PRODUCTION MANAGER SHEILA GREGORY of The Dukes of Hazzard. PRODUCTION ASSISTANT ZAC VEGA Call it synergy, coincidence, or if you’re really pretentious you could even call it Jung’s CONTRIBUTORS EARL DITTMAN concept of synchronicity — but that would SCOTT GARDNER SUSAN GRANGER probably get you a kick in the teeth. LIZA HERZ It happens quite frequently in Hollywood — DAN LIEBMAN think of Dante’s Peak and Volcano, Armageddon BOB STRAUSS and Deep Impact, A Bug’s Life and Antz, all movies with very similar themes released just months apart. ADVERTISING SALES FOR FAMOUS, FAMOUS QUEBEC AND FAMOUS KIDS IS HANDLED BY FAMOUS PLAYERS MEDIA INC. People often try to impose some sort of order to it all. Like…. 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